H.—35.

Table VII.—Expenditure on Unemployment Relief.

Note.—Expenditure by " Other Departments " shows an increase during the financial years 1934-35 and 1935-36. Settlement of unemployed, workers on the land under the control of the Lands and Survey Department (Small Farms Board) accounted for the greater proportion of expenditure under this heading, approximately £222,000 and £146,000 respectively.

Table VIII. —Showing Numbers remaining on Registers of Main Government Employment Bureaux at end of each Four-weekly Period, 3rd August, 1935, to 9th May, 1936.

Table IX. —Numbers of Males wholly or partly a Charge on the Unemployment Fund at Successive Four-weekly Periods, showing Nature of Assistance and Conditions of Employment (including those registered but ineligible for various Reasons).

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Public Works ! . Other Year Department State Forest 1 B Subsidies to .Unemployment , . (including Main Service. Local Bodies. ! Fund. Totals " I "ZSfylf £ £ £ £ £ £ 1926-27 .. 130,000 14,240 .. .. 144 240 1927-28 .. 379,565 27,550 .. 75,106 .. 482^221 1928-29 .. 680,393 50,250 3,500 68,567* .. 802 710* 1929-30 .. 914,109 185,400 204,464 111,728 .. 1,415 701 1930-31 .. 1,249,446 82,000 21,933 116,768 313,209 1,783^356 1931-32 .. 886,953 74,000 14,684 11,478 2,216,886 3,204,001 1932-33 .. 484,554 .. 12,088 216 3,687,897 4,184,755 1933-34 .. 355,691 2,000 185,906 .. 4,130,686 4,674,283 1934-35 .. 402,612 2,820 250,250* : .. 3,773,133* 4,428,815* 1935-36 .. 607,818 6,845 217,770 W .. 4,682,008 5,514,441 Totals .. 6,091,141 445,105 910,595 ! 383,863 I 18,803,819 26,634,523 * Amended figures.

1935. 1936. Area. i — — 3rd 31st 28th Sep- 26th 23rd No- 21st De- 18th 15th 14th 11th 9th | August. August, tember. October, vember. cember. January.'February March. April. May. Ashburton .. .. 394 417 412 433 434 413 252 131 236 288 258 Auckland .. .. 11,536 11,492 11,403 11,128 10,541 10,727 10,976 10,566 10,391 10,307 10,554 Blenheim . . .. 452 459 440 446 390 417 427 437 460 435 470 Christchurch .. .. 6,752 6,768 6,759 6,591 6,441 6,481 6,214 5,886 5,740 6,006 6,040 Cromwell .. .. 929 914 914 903 843 796 788 697 649 613 617 Dannevirke .. .. 215 229 214 199 176 175 202 206 209 217 217 Dunedin .. .. 2,396 2,539 2,666 2,631 2,578 2,623 2,617 2,404 2,452 2,362 2,579 Gisborne .. .. 1,001 1,071 1,059 966 909 865 858 819 852 821 778 «"Greymouth .. .. 648 614 611 521 579 597 584 594 744 701 729 Hamilton .. .. 402 405 424 397 373 373 368 386 375 327 340 Hastings .. .. 684 689 677 646 495 469 465 496 492 485 579 »-Hokitika .. .. 260 238 195 180 381 380 392 410 417 405 435 Invercargill .. .. 668 669 669 704 699 704 660 606 620 7] 2 756 Kaitaia .. .. 214 209 223 210 197 203 252 296 303 353 115 Masterton .. .. 364 356 352 340 337 302 282 289 297 308 286 Napier .. .. 839 846 833 770 670 644 640 645 611 645 706 Nelson .. .. 552 581 583 572 564 520 530 490 418 436 480 New Plymouth .. 608 635 658 649 671 688 723 705 712 701 754 Oamaru .. .. 472 493 512 512 509 492 440 394 403 401 414 Palmerston North .. 1,186 1,190 1,199 1,120 1,099 1,129 1,099 970 962 968 1,004 Rangiora .. .. 227 237 240 249 240 235 226 172 195 201 215 Rotorua .. . . 291 291 284 235 210 216 225 223 226 211 230 Temuka .. .. 251 255 242 248 252 234 213 176 193 202 205 Thames .. .. 458 461 455 420 397 403 409 406 399 393 375 Timaru .. .. 852 865 884 861 865 824 701 616 662 660 691 Wanganui .. .. 1,429 1,466 1,496 1,471 1,425 1,342 1,398 1,221 1,221 1,247 1,346 Wellington .. .. 6,378 6,455 6,414 5,996 5,572 5,625 5,425 5,165 5,032 4,833 5,032 "■—Westport .. .. 876 842 834 818 860 ! 856 847 877 878 895 916 Whangarei .. .. 254 248 249 248 j 253 ' 265 | 253 201 | 216 ! 219 220

Numbers in Full-time Employment with Total Registered Employed In Receipt of the Aid of a Subsidy from the wMlv or Priori ended but not on Bationed Sustenance Total on Unemployment Fund. partly a Eligible for Work under without Register. : Charge on the Belief. schemes.» Work. At Belief At Standard Total In Unemploy•R fl f ps . s Rflfpcs .b ull-time ment Hates. | Rates. Employment. Fund. 1936. August 3 .. .. 2,806 25,387 14,438 42,631 12,169 5,577 17,746 60,377 August 31 .. .. 2,581 24,817 15,347 42,745 12,145 5,916 18,061 60,806 September 28 .. 2,500 24,183 15,517 42,200 11,834 6,310 18,144 60 344 October 26 .. .. 2,043 22,260 15,378 39,681 11,123 7,677 18,800 58,481 November 23 .. 1,825 19,610 14,544 35,979 10,793 10,474 21,267 57 246 December 21 .. 1,737 18,844 15,072 35,653 10,469 11,159 21,628 57,281 1936. January 18 .. .. 2,233 17,365 15,179 34,777 9,889 11,836 21,725 56,502 February 15 .. 2,012 15,922 14,450 32,384 9,647 12,623 22,270 54,654 March 14 .. .. 1,872 15,704 14,443 32,019 9,281 13.22S 22,510 54,629 April 11 .. .. 2,013 15,514 15,750 33,277 8,029 8,513 16,542 49 819t May 9 .. .. 2,642 15,528 17,100 35,270 7,630 8,308 15,938 51,208 * Does not include intermittent workers. f Highways and road jobs transferred to Public Works Department from 1st April, 1936.